Water-motor



UNITED STATES.

lPATENT OFFICE. i

'rnnoBALD LEININGER, on WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, MERCER ooUNTY `OHIO.

WATER-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 224,299, dated February 10, 1880.

Applicationfled December2,1879. 2 l

1o use the same, reference bping had to the ac-4 companying drawing, and to lettersof reference `marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved water-motor; and it has for its object to provide i a Ineans by which, in connection with a prime motor, a volume of Water may be elevated and stored in a suitable tank orreceptacle, and employed for giving motion to a Wheel to zo transmit'power to machinery.

rIo this end it consists of' a submerged Vpump-chamber provided with suitable inletvalves, and having a piston the piston-rod of which is connected With an operating-lever, the said pump-cylinder. connecting, by means of a suitable eduction-pipe having ,a checkvalve, with a tank located above a Water- Wheel, the said Wheel being mounted on a shaft connected Vby means of suitable gearing with mechanism whereby the operatinglever of the piston-rod may be depressed at intervals, the first Water being supplied to the tank by a pump operated in any suitable manner, or by operating the lever connected with the pumpv'cham'ber lby any suitable power, as

more fully hereinafter specified.

The drawing represents a perspective view, showing my improvement, in-Which the letter A indicates a submergedpump-chamber pro- 4o vided with suitable induction-openings and inwardly-opening valves for the introduction of water.

The letter B represents the piston, which may also be provided with an inductionopening, C, and inwardly-opening valve, to be employed when the pump-chamber is entirely submerged.-

The letter l) indicates the piston rod, th

upper end of which is secured to a curved lever, E, which isV fulcrumed to a standard, F, 5o and Weighted at its short end G to counterbalance the other end.

The letter H indicates the eduction-tube of the pump,'which extends upwardly over the edgeof a tank or receptacle, H', properly sup- 55 ported above the overshot Wheel I, which is mounted on a shaft, K, the tank being provided with a discharge-spout, L, immediately above the buckets of the Wheel, so as to direct the water upon the same.

To one end of the shaftK is attached suitable 'gearing for driving any kind of machinery, the said shaft being extended into the millbuilding M in the ordinary manner.

To the opposite end of the shaft, which is journaled in a standard, N, is secured a pin-l ion, 0, which intermeshes with thev teeth of a beveled Wheel, P, which is horizontally Inounted upon a vertical shaft, R, having bearings in aa frame, S. The said shaft has loosely-at- 7o tached to it the arms k' l, to the outer ends of which are secured the Weighted wheels U, located in` such position that when the shaft R is rotated said Wheels Will alternately pass over the upper edge of the curved leverE and depress it intermittently, elevating or forcing the water up through the induction-tube and into the tank, from whence it lows over the Wheel, imparting motion to the same.

In putting the apparatus into operation the 8o Water is first supplied to the tank, as before stated, by means of a pump, and when a sufficient quantity of Water has accumulated therein it is allowed to escape and ow over the Wheel, as before stated. 85

In order to `provide for the overilow of any surplus Water, the tank is formed with an overflow-spout, V, at its upper edge. i

When the tank becomes empty it can be replenished by operating the lever E by hand 9o or by the rope shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In combination with a prime motor, the pump-chamber A, its piston B, and lever E,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of December, 1879.

THEOBALD LEININGER.

Witnesses:

H. J. ENNIs, CHAs. L. Coon/ms. 

